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3 Ways to Handle Nosy Co-Workers

On The Job

The woman in the next cubicle, for example, knows that your teenager is getting into trouble and your husband lost his job last week. You cannot blab about your teen daughter woes or your husband's job loss on Facebook or Twitter and then not expect people to feel like they can get a bit nosy. I have a new fabulous recipe.

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5 Everyday Habits That Can Quickly Derail Your Career

On The Job

It's first noticed by the woman in the next cubicle. Whether it's in the bathroom or the break room or your cubicle, no one wants to have to deal with your dirty dishes, food scraps, moldy coffee cups or any other detritus. Yes, it's sandal season, and it's blazing hot outside. But, your feet. Long, unclean toenails. Calloused skin.

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How Not to Behave in Front of Co-Workers

On The Job

Office holiday parties are an annual tradition, whether they’re a potluck among the cubicles or a more elaborate affair complete with a DJ and a chicken dinner. This rule is even more important if you’re the boss, because it will be posted so many times on YouTube and Twitter and Facebook you’ll become a trending topic overnight.

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How Your Oversharing is Hurting Your Career

On The Job

All you have to do these days to know some of the most intimate details of someone's life is to check out Twitter or Facebook or read the person's blog. Chances are that if you share something personal with your mom on the phone or your bestie in the next cubicle, others will overhear. Some people like to share -- a lot.

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When You Make a Fool of Yourself in Front of Colleagues

On The Job

you get a little past tipsy and say or do something that in the bright light of your cubicle the next morning seems, well.stupid. Don't make any mention of it on Twitter or Facebook. Let's say that despite all the good advice out there (including, ahem, my own) you decide to go out with some people after work and hit happy hour.

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Using LinkedIn To Boost Your Prospects

The Small Business Blog

Gone are the days when we all sat in cubicles, working 9-5, using paid advertisement to grow our companies and traditional CV’s to get jobs. The world as we know it is changing; and, more pertinent to business owners is the way that business is changing.

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Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye?

On The Job

For me, one of the great things about Twitter is that is allows me to learn more about what people experience at work every day. I feel like I can jump from cubicle to cubicle across the world, being a fly, er, spider on the wall. Its sort of like being an invisible Spiderman, without the goofy costume.

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